Giant blaze erupts at Yorkshire power station

BLAZE: Ten fire crews are said to be dealing with the incident [TWITTER/@chapela1966]

Ten fire crews were sent to Ferrybridge C Power Station just after 2pm to deal after huge plumes of black smoke were spotted from the coal-powered station.

An aerial appliance from Wakefield is also currently at the scene.

A fire service spokesman said: "Ten fire engines are currently in attendance, which includes firefighters from the surrounding stations of Pontefract, Normanton, Featherstone, Castleford and Wakefield.

"A number of members of the public have called our control room due to the plumes of smoke which can be seen in the surrounding area."

West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service confirmed that they have dispatched about 50 firefighters to the coal-powered station, which is situated on the River Aire.

DANGEROUS: The fire erupted at around 2pm today [CATERS]

HOSE: Fire crews are doing all they can to stop the fuel-powered fire [CATERS]

SMOKE: Road users have been crawling down the M62 because of large plumes of black smoke covering the road [ROSSPARRY]

Yorkshire Ambulance Service have sent a hazardous area response team to the coal-powered fire station.

But no one is reported to be trapped at the site.

According to the SSE website "Ferrybridge C has two 198m (650ft) high chimneys and eight 115m (380ft) high cooling towers, which are the largest of their kind in Europe".

There is currently long delays on the M62 in both directions between Junction 32 at Pontefract to Junction 33 at Ferrybridge because of smoke blowing across the road.